Posted on 06/21/2024 2:05:46 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Returning to science operations on June 14, the Hubble Space Telescope used its new pointing mode to capture this sharp image of spiral galaxy NGC 1546. A member of the Dorado galaxy group, the island universe lies a mere 50 million light-years away. The galactic disk of NGC 1546 is tilted to our line-of-sight, with the yellowish light of the old stars and bluish regions of newly formed stars shining through the galaxy's dust lanes. More distant background galaxies are scattered throughout this Hubble view. Launched in 1990, Hubble has been exploring the cosmos for more than three decades, recently celebrating its 34th anniversary.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
The Hubble is responsible for terabytes and terabytes of disk space on all my computers. That’s because it’s one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments.
Wow.
One of the fun things about my working at the US Naval Space Command in the early 1990’s was having a Micro-VAX as my “PC” with the Hubble Command and Control code and the satellite simulator on it.
That ain’t workin’
nice
If North is “up” on a map, what is this?
Pretty picture.
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